A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM to help prevent wildfires and restore forests in Mendocino County has been eliminated under proposed cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration. The cuts are ending GrizzlyCorps, a service program that places fellows in 11-month terms to support conservation efforts in rural communities.
The Trump administration has announced it is going to end $400 million in AmeriCorps grants nationwide, which will impact thousands of volunteers working throughout the U.S. GrizzlyCorps, a fellowship program under the federally funded AmeriCorps organization, was notified by email that it would be eliminated due to AmeriCorps funding cuts, according to documents provided by GrizzlyCorps.
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